Microsoft Word Will Autosave to Cloud by Default
August 27th, 2025At least there’s a built in way to change this stupid cloud autosave behavior in Word. For now, at least.
Most Word users won’t know or care about the totality of what they write being copied to Microsoft’s servers. Imagine the convenience!
If you use Microsoft Office, there’s a decent chance that Libre Office would work for you.
Maybe Microsoft should build a biofeedback device into Windows to help users better handle the unending innovations and improvements.
Via: ghacks:
Microsoft announced that it is changing the default save location for Word documents on Windows. “Anything new you create will be saved automatically to OneDrive or your preferred cloud destination”, writes Raul Munoz, product manager at Microsoft on the Office Shared Services and Experiences team.
Munoz backs up the decision with half a dozen advantages for saving documents to the cloud. From never losing progress and access anywhere to easy collaboration and increased security and compliance.
While cloud saving is without doubt beneficial in some cases, Munoz fails to address the elephant in the room. Some users may not want that their documents are stored in the cloud. There are good reasons for that, including privacy.
